God's Words are the Spiritual DNA of Life
Jesus said his words are spirit and life. His words are not just ideas, they are packages of spiritual life. His words created the universe. His words uphold all things. His words are not just ideas for us to ponder, they are packages of spiritual life for us to digest and assimilate into our entire being to experience transformation, enjoy health, and walk in power
“It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.”
Jesus said his words are spirit and life. His words are not just ideas, they are bundles of spiritual life. They are genetically encoded seeds to become specific blessings, gifts, and fruits.
His words are more than what's written in the Bible or even the words that he spoke when he walked the earth. We should remember that Jesus was/is the logos which was the agent of creation. This was his glory or his form before he came to earth as a man. So not only is he the agent or creation, but it was also all made for him.
Colossians 1:16 For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.
The logos that spoke all into existence is still upholding all things.
Hebrews 1a The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word.
In his glory before emptying himself and becoming human, the son of God created all things and now upholds all things because all things, in fact, belong to him.
Then Jesus himself, as a human, tells us the words he spoke to his disciples and those who heard are spirit and life. That's not a metaphor. His words have the power to create in our lives in the same way his word made all that exists.
This is now a process we control, but it is a reality we can host within our hearts. We can hold his creative, sustaining word in our hearts and expect it to have an effect. His words are not just ideas for us to ponder, they are packages of spiritual life for us to digest and assimilate into our entire being to experience transformation, enjoy health, and walk in power.
How do we engage his words on that level, where they become something tangible for us?
Christ's words become spirit and life in our minds, hearts, bodies, and lives as we hold his logic in our hearts to the degree that it bears fruit and flows naturally from our hearts. Those spiritual life packages become wisdom, healing, provision, direction, gifts toward others, and more.
Messenger RNA Technology
This may not be the best example because of covid, but mRNA technology is an interesting parallel to how Jesus' words are effective in ours. mRNA technology refers to lives. The use of messenger RNA (mRNA) molecules to stimulate an immune response against a specific pathogen, such as a virus or cancer cells. It carries instructions to the body's cells and teaches the cells how to produce immunity which fights off disease.
The word of God is much more powerful but works similarly. As it is held in our hearts, it carries messages to our entire being, supplying what is needed for healing, wisdom, direction, provision, power, and more.
Proverbs 4:20 My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. 21 Do not lose sight of them; keep them within your heart. 22 For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body. 23 Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
ZOE - God's Quality of LIFE Is In YOU!!!
Jesus came to give us life. That has two meanings. He brings us from spiritual death to eternal life. And he gives us His life. He doesn’t just make us alive, He actually gives us the quality of life He possesses. Worship with us today and be encouraged by this life-giving word today, thanks for joining us!
“He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.””
Jesus said “I have come that they may have life and that they may have it more abundantly” in John 10:10.
This has two meanings. One has to do with zao, and the other with zoe. Zao is a verb that means “to live.” Jesus brought us from death to life, we were dead in our sins, but now we are alive in Christ. But zoe is a noun and refers to the kind or quality of life that God gives. So you could say he made us zao so we could enjoy zoe.
He doesn’t just make us alive, he actually gives us the quality of life he possesses. So from then on, it’s something we possess in our spirits.
1 John 5:12 He who has the Son has life (zoe); he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.
G2222 - Zoe - life (noun)
the state of one who is possessed of vitality or is animate
of the absolute fullness of life, both essential and ethical, which belongs to God, and through him both to the hypostatic
It’s a state of existence, not just the fact of existence. It’s a quality of life he gives us, not just life itself. Notice also that it says “which belongs to God.” It’s the kind of life God has.
This idea reminds me of several new creation facts; we are joint heirs with Jesus, he shares his authority with us, we’re seated with him on his throne of authority in heavenly places, we are partakers of his divine nature, we’ve been given the right to be the children of God, we’re no longer servants but sons…
His Life Is A River In Us
Once we’re made new through Christ and God places his spirit/life in us, we have a river of life flowing from our spirit that’s joined to God into every aspect of our being; including our physical bodies, our emotions, thoughts, and on out into our lives. This life is not limited to benefiting its host, it also flows out of us in power to minister to others.
John 7:37 On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. 38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”
John 8:12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”
What is His Life Doing In There?
Romans 8:10 And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.
Even though our bodies are dying because of sin, we can still experience zoe, because God’s spirit gives zoe to our physical bodies. What do you think God’s zoe/life does inside a human body? We know what happened for Jesus, it brought him back to life. The same spiritual life is in us.
This is an astounding truth worth hours of ponder and meditation, it’s simply amazing. As we reflect on this truth, it makes passages like this more real for us.
Proverbs 4:20 My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. 21 Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart; 22 For they are life to those who find them, And health to all their flesh.
His spirit in us is not just supplying God’s quality of resurrection life, it has limitless effects and fruits. Through Christ’s spiritual life, we experience transformation in the rest of our being and bear the fruits of his spirit, as well as walk in the power of his spirit in ministry toward others.
But wait, there’s more…
But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption 1 Corinthians 1:30
When you stop to think about it, there’s only one conclusion: Christ seeks to live in and through us. May we comprehend the power of what is in us and not limit Christ from being fully formed in us.
1 John 4:17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.